AI will likely follow Jevons paradox in the short and medium term, author says
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-26
The author says Jevons paradox is likely to hold for AI in the short and medium term: as AI gets cheaper or more efficient, overall demand will keep expanding rather than falling.
It is a broad forecast rather than a specific product or model update, but it is directly about how AI economics may evolve.
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